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SPRINT
Definition of SPRINT
noun
A short race at top speed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, SPRINT · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPRINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SPRINT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read INPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPRINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SPRINT?
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